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  • noun medicine Any thiazolidinedione drug used to treat diabetes

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  • Reducing Sugar, Increasing Fibre Intake Can Cut Diabetes Risk in Latino Teens Periodontal Disease Augments Gestational Diabetes Risk In Pregnant Women Treating diabetes with a class of drugs, called glitazone, leads to a "modest" increase in the risk of diabetic macular oedema (DME), which is a common vision-threatening complication, accor ...

    Medindia Health News 2009

  • They then used a linear-regression model to adjust for age, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, osteoporosis, stroke, and prior fracture to compare fracture risks in patients with "glitazone" prescriptions and in patients with no TZD prescription over the study period (January 2006 through June 2008).

    theHeart.org 2009

  • With the glitazone story still playing out you have to wonder why the movers and shakers of the diabetic treatment world are so eager to latch on to another diabetic wonder drug.

    Archive 2007-12-01 james gaulte 2007

  • Not only has Avandia suffered a major sales slump and a relative advantage accrued to Actos but I believe that the current recently revised diabetes guidelines reflect a growing disenchantment with the glitazone family not just with Avandia.

    The Avandia scrum and the art of war and narrative control james gaulte 2007

  • The touring Joslin Clinic traveling dinner, diabetic CME roadshow was once described by one of my ex-partners as a glitazone love-fest.

    Archive 2007-12-01 james gaulte 2007

  • The glitazone advocates no longer control the narrative.

    Archive 2007-12-01 james gaulte 2007

  • The touring Joslin Clinic traveling dinner, diabetic CME roadshow was once described by one of my ex-partners as a glitazone love-fest.

    The Avandia scrum and the art of war and narrative control james gaulte 2007

  • With the glitazone story still playing out you have to wonder why the movers and shakers of the diabetic treatment world are so eager to latch on to another diabetic wonder drug.

    The Avandia scrum and the art of war and narrative control james gaulte 2007

  • The glitazone advocates no longer control the narrative.

    The Avandia scrum and the art of war and narrative control james gaulte 2007

  • Not only has Avandia suffered a major sales slump and a relative advantage accrued to Actos but I believe that the current recently revised diabetes guidelines reflect a growing disenchantment with the glitazone family not just with Avandia.

    Archive 2007-12-01 james gaulte 2007

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